The in vivo hydrocarbon formation by vanadium nitrogenase follows a secondary metabolic pathway
Nitrogenases reduce inorganic nitrogen to organic ammonia in a crucial step of the nitrogen cycle. Here the authors show that the vanadium-nitrogenase ofAzotobacter vinelandii can also catalyse the in vivoconversion of carbon monoxide to hydrocarbons in a secondary non-biosynthetic pathway.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13641 |